Dishes in the dishwasher without rinsing by hand, minus 38 liters of water per wash

Small gestures also count for the environment. Suffice it to say that not rinsing the dishes by hand before putting them in the dishwasher saves 38 liters of water per wash. A message that Finish has been carrying out for some time, as Ludovica Codecasa, Reckitt Benckiser’s head of purpose Council & External Affairs, explains to Adnkronos, trying to inform and sensitize as many people as possible about the sustainable use of the dishwasher. A campaign, that of Finish, which is bearing fruit. “According to a survey we carried out with Ipsos, we have evidence that over 700,000 Italian families have stopped rinsing their dishes by hand before putting them back in the dishwasher and this concretely translates into water savings of over 6 billion liters which correspond to 2500 Olympic swimming pools “. Another mantra, explains Ludovica Codecasa,” is to avoid washing the dishes by hand because in this case the water saving gap widens a lot. Washing the dishes under running water leads on average to a waste of water of about 120 liters per wash compared to an average use of 12 liters of the dishwasher “. To date, however,” the penetration of the dishwasher in Italy is around 57%. We must therefore push its use more precisely because it is more sustainable than to hand washing. ”This shows, therefore,“ how much a small daily gesture can make a difference ”.